Posts by Kate
how far is the ocean from here
I’m here at the coffee shop near my house, the one where I wrote the majority of Ready for Air, and it’s exactly where I need to be. The sun is streaming in the windows and I’m all by myself (with the exception of the other customers, of course, but I don’t have to carry…
Read Morede-funking
I’ve been in such a funk this summer, which is unlike me because I love summer. I love the green and the heat (within reason) and the long days. But the days have been so very long with the two girls, and I’m always scrambling to squeeze in one more thing. I have been taking…
Read Morewhat vacation?
I am up north this week with the girls and my mom and grandpa and my older sister and her fiancé. (Up north is what we say in Minnesota to mean anything north of the Twin Cities.) On Saturday, I led my “Writing Family” workshop in Park Rapids, and it was so much fun. Out…
Read MoreEvan Kamida
I have been feeling heavy and sad all week, ever since I learned that Vicki Forman’s son, Evan, died unexpectedly. I have never met Vicki in person nor spoken to her on the phone, and yet, I feel as if I know her. I suppose this speaks to the power of her writing. It was…
Read Morea quartet of mothers
Nanci Olesen of MOMbo fame will be performing “A Quartet of Mothers: The Familiar, Desperate Edge of Everyday Motherhood” this weekend at the Illusion Theater in Minneapolis as part of the Fresh Ink Series. Two plays are part of the event: “I’m Telling” and “Child of God.” Shows begin at 8 p.m. tonight, Friday, and…
Read More"6 or something"
Stella came home from soccer camp yesterday with a huge grin that revealed a gaping hole where her left front tooth had been just hours before. “I can’t believe it! You’re such a big girl!” I gave her a crushing hug and demanded the story. She reenacted the biting of a baby carrot and the…
Read Morei'm back
Sorry for my recent silence—we just returned from nine days upstate New York. We spent the first week at my aunt’s cabin in the Adirondacks, then drove down to the Catskills for my closest friend’s wedding. There is nothing like leaving the Twin Cities and the day-to-day grind of life to put things back in…
Read Moregrateful
I’ve been feeling so stretched lately—juggling the two girls and work and life. D has been working long days, and sometimes I feel like screaming. (I did, in fact, scream in the car the other day when Zoë was wailing and Stella was whining. I just screamed, and I scared the sh*t out of Stella…
Read Moreupcoming workshops and classes
After six months off from teaching, I am anxious to get back into the classroom. I’m craving that moment in class when a student realizes her writing is going in a direction she didn’t expect. I love being a part of that excitement and discovery. I have two classes coming up this summer/fall: Writing Family…
Read Moreinterview
I was interviewed by Miranda over at creative construction. Check it out and read the other recent artist interviews!
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